IGCSE Music

Note Naming & Theory Website: Teoria.com
Online Music Notation Software: Noteflight.com
Advanced Noteflight Editing: Youtube
Mozart: Piano Concert in A Major: K488 Mov. I: Mozart
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture Op. 21: Mendelssohn

Orchestral Video of performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUDvZaMl4RU
Performance with corresponding notation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-jl-H6Cdu0
Wikipedia Info:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream_(Mendelssohn)
Youtube video of Midsummer night Dream Story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1wMfOwlAZ8

Arab Music and the Music of Africa:
(Candidates must be able to identify the following instruments)
Mbira Zimbabwe(equal credit will be given for Ubo, Sansa and Likembe Congo),
Kora West Africa
Rabāb Central Asia (Turkey) & Middle East (Rebab: Recording)
ūd Middle Eastern
Qānūn Middle Eastern
Nāy Central Asia/Middle Eastern
Drums
Talking drums West Africa (Nigeria)
Un-tuned percussion: various instruments (snare, gong, cymbals, riangle, etc).
African Xylophone
Xylophone
Voice
Candidates should understand and be able to use the terms Maqam, Ajan, Iqa, but will not be expected to identify specific types of each.

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Indigenous African Drumming Footage
African Shaker - Guinea
Log Drum
Djembe vs. Conga
Djembe Percussion Ensemble
Shekere
African Drumming & Dancing: Performance space

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Chinese Music:
(Candidates must be able to identify the following instruments)
Pipa (China) (equal credit will be given for ch’in)
Erh-hu (China)
Dizi (China)(equal credit will be given for hsiao and ti-tzu)
Tou-kuan
Sheng
Voice
Drums

Gamelan: Indonesian musical ensemble

Musical Time Periods:
Middle Ages (500-1400)
Gregorian Chant- Monophonic Polyphonic Music: Etienne de Liege
Plainchant/Monophonic Music: Salve Regina
Ordando di Lassus: Madrigal (Mid 16th Century)
Medieval Architecture: Notre-Dame de Paris, Gargoyle

*Medieval & Renaissance Instruments: Lute, Gemshorn, Harp, Sacbut, Pipe & Tabor Drum, Lizard, Serpent, Dulcimer

Renaissance (1400-1600)
William Byrd- Agnus Dei, Josquin des Prez Ave Maria
Architecture: St Peter's Basilica, St. Mark's Square
Art: Mona Lisa (La Joconde), Michelangelo's David

Baroque Age (1600-1750)
Baroque Era on Wikipedia
Johann Sebastian Bach- Cello Suite No. 1, Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
George Frideric Handel- Water Music
Johann Pachelbel- Cannon in D
Architecture: Miagao Philippines
Instruments: Baroque Organ, Recorder, Trumpet, Harpsichord

Classical Period (1750-1830)
Wikipedia on Classical Period
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem, Don Giovanni
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata
Franz Haydn: Surprise Symphony
Classical Era Orchestra Picture: Click

Identifying Instruments in the Orchestra
Interactive Kids Orchestra Identification

Romantic Era (1815-1910)
Romance Era (Music)
Romance Era (Music & Composers Cont.)
Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Johannes Brahms: Lullaby

20th Century (1900-2000)
20th Century Music
Sorgei Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C# Minor
Edward Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Igor Stravinsky: Rite of Spring
Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie: Hot House
James Brown: I Feel Good
Wynton Marsalis: Grammy Performance 1983

Exceptional Musical Performances:
Ray Charles & Rutgers University
Western Music in 16 Genres
The Landfill Orchestra
Music As a Language (Victor Wooten)
Superstition Stevie Wonder
Masquerade is Over Nancy Wilson
Paul Gonsalves 'Diminuendo in Blue'
In a Sentimental Mood- Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
Landfill Harmonic Orchestra
The Beatles: Here Comes the Sun
Michel Camilo: Not Yet
Miles Davis Autumn Leaves Live 1964
Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie Live 1952
Kenny Garrett Happy People
Miles Davis & Quincy Jones: Live in Montreux
Miles Davis Last Concert
Monk: Blue Monk
Neil Peart: Cotton Tail Drum Solo
Bela Fleck: Ensemble Recording
Elton John: Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word